Car Dealer Simulator

Car Dealer Simulator

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Tips for Success
By Clanoman
I wanted to share some tips that might be useful for new players. This will overview a few things from buying and selling cars to refurbishing parts. Hopefully some of you find it useful.
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TOW X2
When you first start the game you are provided with a truck and tow dolly to move your vehicles around. Later on, once you have purchased the tow truck from the scrapyard ($30,000), you can still use the tow dolly as well! It is a little tricky for loading and unloading as you will need to do it in specific order which I will explain how to do.

1. Attach the dolly to your tow truck.
2. Go to the first vehicle you wish to pick up and then disconnect the dolly nearby (you can push 'z' to disconnect).
3. Load the first vehicle onto the tow truck.
4. Reattach the tow dolly and then go to your second vehicle.
5. Pickup the second vehicle using the tow dolly and then take them both back to your shop!
6. You will need to unload the first vehicle and the tow dolly. You can either unload the tow dolly with the vehicle on it (by pressing 'z') or drop the car off wherever (by pressing 'x') and then disconnecting the tow dolly.
7. Then you can unload your other car from the tow truck.

This will save you a bit of time and fuel if you plan your trip well.
NEVER PAY FULL PRICE
When looking for bargains on the web, I always tend to go with the cheaper vehicles as they have the most potential for profit - try to find what the low end range for a certain vehicle type is and try to purchase that vehicle type at that price point. Keep in mind that the year of the model will also affect the price range (what it can be bought AND sold for). Older vehicles can be bought for cheaper but have less of top end profit margins.

When you talk to the seller, ALWAYS talk them down in price and if they are not willing to budge much on the price then move on. Don't go too low or they will laugh at you. I usually try to go somewhere between 60-80% of their asking price. If they laugh at your initial offer try going a bit closer to their asking price.

*TIP* Listen for the dings when you put in purchase requests! The higher the note dings the more flexible on the price they will be. The lower the dings are, the less flexible on their price they will be.
NEVER SELL UNDER MARKET VALUE
When you have beautified your vehicle(s) and are ready to sell them, for best results, sell them at MARKET VALUE. When buyers come in to purchase your vehicles, NEVER let them negotiate! It might take a bit of time to find the right buyer, but someone WILL buy it at the full market value.
DON'T SLEEP
Sleeping is for babies! You have no time for that! So utilise the most of your time by either fixing up cars yourself, refurbishing parts (once you unlock the refurbisher), making purchase arrangements, picking up and delivering cars, refuelling vehicles and posting cars online for sale.

*TIP* The people with active purchase arrangements will not sleep either so you can pick up the cars in the evening if you don't have time in the day, just make sure not to let them wait more than a full 24 hours or the arrangement will be negated.
REFURBISH EVERYTHING
Once you have unlocked the parts refurbisher, make sure it is always running with parts in it. Make the most of weekends and evenings and try to get all of your 'junk' parts refurbished to 100% again. One full cycle takes about 6.5 minutes so put a timer up as it won't notify you when its finished.
HAVE STOCK OF SPARE PARTS
Later in the game once you have hired staff, especially the mechanic, you will want to have a healthy supply of 'new' (100%) parts on hand so that you can push vehicles through to the sale line faster. Start by refurbishing old parts but then once you save up some money try to have enough spare parts for at least four vehicles at all times.
ROLLBACK THE MILES
Make sure you rollback the odometer on ALL of your vehicles. Be careful not to go into the redzone! Never start with the first number! Always start with the second number on the odometer.

So if the vehicle has 102982 Km’s, then start with the zero first. If the vehicle has 004872 Km’s then start with the 8.

There are a couple things to watch for when rolling back the odometer.

The Needle - Watch the needle carefully. You will notice the needle will move slow at the start and then it will move faster the more the numbers move. Make sure to move to the next number before the speed picks up.
The Rotating Dial - Watch the speed of the dial turning. Just before it slows down to a stop, move on to the next number.
Listen and look as the numbers change. The speed at which they change will slow down and the clicks happen less frequently.

You should use those ques to try and maximise the amount you can roll back. And make sure to stop before the needle reaches the red zone.




Hopefully some of you find this info useful!

Stay shiny out there folks!
7 Comments
Garage Monkeys S.A.  [developer] 11 Jul @ 11:23am 
Wow, we're impressed! Thanks a lot for the tips for other players! :steamhappy:
burgostattoos 10 Jul @ 8:35am 
Super helpful!
Nipeks 9 Jul @ 1:56pm 
"So if the vehicle has 102982 Km’s, then start with the zero first"
Ah yes, 192982 is better than 102982
Dabnation 16 Jun @ 5:40am 
@Tristan it seems like newer models always have higher market value. Make and model wise, a lot of the Zen cars seem to be worth a pretty penny.

Here's how I prioritize my purchases.

1. Year (Newer the better)
2. Filter for Zen cars if available.
3. Lower mileage.
4. Terrible visual quality (Costs nothing to make it pristine)
5. Lower parts quality

For vehicles with lower parts quality, you can always repair them OR buy a bunch of cheap older cars with good quality parts and part them out for spares.
BiGrand 14 Jun @ 3:23am 
Thanks.
Tristan 12 Jun @ 5:42am 
can you tell us some models which are best to be bought? i don't know what year and what model is the best. yes i read all of what you've written but can you concretise that? thank you in advance!
cemali250 11 Jun @ 12:53pm 
thanks for the tips mate